Overview of the Lucia laser program: Towards 100 Joules, nanosecond pulses, kW averaged power, based on ytterbium diode pumped solid state laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5707, Issue , 2005, Pages 105-116

  Chanteloup, J C ^a   Yu, H ^a,b   Bourdet, G ^a   Dambrine, C ^a   Ferre S ^a   Fulop A ^a   Le Moal, S ^a   Pichot, A ^a   Le Touze G ^a   Zhao, Z ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Diode Pumped Solid State Laser (DPSSL); Diodes array; Laser damage threshold; QCW diodes; Yb:YAG

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ANISOTROPY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

DIODE PUMPED SOLID STATE LASERS (DPSSL); DIODES ARRAY; LASER DAMAGE THRESHOLD; QCW DIODES; YB:YAG;

LASER THEORY;

EID: 21844469717     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.588341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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